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LelfersPatent No. 78,178, dated lifay 26, 1868; antedated May 12, 1,868.

nmtovsn CARPET-CLEANINe-MACHINB.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.:

Be it known that I, Geenen W. BISHOP, of Stamford, in th'econnty of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut,l have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Carpet-Cleaning Machines; and I do hereby declare that'the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in \vhich l Figure l is a plan o'r top view of a carpet-leaning machine embodying my improvement.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical'section thereoftaken on the plane ofthe line ntsc, fig; 1.

Similar letters refer to like parts in all the figures. u v

4 My invention relates to certainimprovements'in machines for extracting theV dust`froni carpets;`and it consists in .a novel arrangement of the brooms or brushes for sweeping the carpet afterlthe same has been beaten; also in a novel construction an'd'arrangement of the beaters;` and also in a general combination and arrangement of parts. r V

A'A A designate the frame of the machine, and B B two' uprights secured on respective sides of 4said frame, and connected together at their top by a cross-piece, I l

C designates the feeding-roller, that upon which the soiled carpet is wound before being subjected to the i beatingand sweepingeoperation. Said roller is journalled Vin the sides of the framing, and transversely thereof. A frictionlever, D, provided with a. weight,a, is employed for controlling the revolution of theroller, so as not to feed too fast, as shown clearly in iig. 2.i a l E is the take-up roller, and this is j-ournalled in the uprigbts B B, near the'top f the same, and upon this` roller the cleanedcarpet is wound. 4fllwo Agnide-rollers, 1l'` G, 'are employed, the roller F being journalled at or near the bottom of the frame, and that, G, being journalled in the uprights B B, somewhat below the taker-up roller. The carpet passes from the feed-roller under the guide-roller F, an'd up past the guide-roller G on to' the take-up roller E. i i i lH is a roller journall'edin the nprights B B, below the upper port A of the frame.; To this roller there are attached a number of beaters, b,'wl1ich are provided with heavy-heads, c, and are secured to the roller H .t spirally around the same, (see iig. 1,) and in such manner as to swing out fromrand against it Vaccording to the stage of the revolution ofthe roller. t y

I I', (refer to iig. 1,) designate the shafts upon which the brooms J J are mounted, and by whichthey are attached. The'hrooms J J' are attached in the present instance iocollars ortubes surrounding the shafts, their handles extending through holes d made in supporting-shafts or pieces K K', which rock and permit'the intermittent of the brooms, the handles of the latter oscillating -in the holes d. ,The said shafts I 1^ are journalled at their inner-ends (on opposite sideslin a wheel, L, and at their outer lends in similar wheels M M. The brooms are actuated by the shafts I I', their attachment thereto being by'cllars, or niiyjequivalent Ameans which will permit of the shaft revolving, and giving them the requisite up-andforward, down-a'nd-backward motion, to cause them to `strike the carpet with an ordinary motion given to a broom when sweeping by hand. By the arrange ment shown, We have two sets of brooms, J J, cach set operatingalternately and successivelyupon the carpet, and it is thought that by thus having two'sets insteadof all 4arranged. upon one shaft, and all brought simule taneoursly against the carpet, the racking strain upon the machine will be less. A

In tig.f2, l have shown beitspassing over pulleys in the endsof the shafts for transmitting the motion'to all the parts o f the machine. The rollerson which the carpet is wound move slowly, whilst the beater-roller and broom-shaft move fmuch m'orc rapidly.I Any suitable gearing for actuating -the rollers andvshaftsmay be employed instead of belagearing, if desired. v l

The operation is as follows: The carpet, having been properly wound upon the feeding-roller C," the loose ,end is carried under the guide-roller F, past that, G, and secured to the take-up roller E. The machine being Y fixtures in n. carpet-cleaning machine.

set in motion, the carpet is slowly drawn upv on the take-up roller E, the. roller meantime revolving, and causing the heaters b to strike against the stretched carpet and beat outlthe dust. The brooms act upon the carpet immediately after the beating operation, and sweep the carpet clean. They strike the carpet at a point where the same bears against the guide-roller G, and therefore 'have greater effect.

I am aivare that beaters and brushes have heen employed in machines for cleaning earpets,ifor instanc6,'in

the patent of Waldo H. Jordan, granted April 5,1864, and do not, therefore, claim the combination of these two4 What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. In a carpet-cleaning machine, the arrangement, on a-divided shaft, of the brooms J J, operating substantially as herein specied. A

2. Thevweighted beaters Z1 c attached to and in combination with the roller H, when arranged spirally aroundsaid roller, substantially as herein specified. i

3. The arrangement and combination of the rollers C F G E for feeding, guiding, and Awinding up the carpet, in combination' with the beaters b c and brooms'J' J', substantially as herein specified.

GEO; W. BISHOP.

Witnesses:

Cl. B. BEEGHER, M. MJLIVINGSTON. 

